Conservation of Energy

Objectives:
  • apply the principle of conservation of energy to new situations or to solve related problems
  • apply the relationship power = work done / time taken to new situations

Problem Based Scenario:

You are tasked to design the specifications for a roller coaster ride in a local amusement park. From your research, you understand that roller coaster rides normally consists of the following features: (1) Initial hill (2) 2nd hill (3) loop (3) exit